Franca Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 flowing northeast into the head of Solberg Inlet

Solberg Inlet

Solberg Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 5 to 10 nautical miles wide, which recedes west 14 nautical miles between Rock Pile Peaks and Joerg Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land...

, Bowman Coast

Bowman Coast

The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society....

, to the south of Houser Peak

Houser Peak

Houser Peak is a peak between Tofani Glacier and Franca Glacier at the head of Solberg Inlet, Bowman Coast. The peak was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service , 1940, the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1946-48...

. The glacier was photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940, U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1946-48. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Dr. Fernando E. Franca, Medical Officer and Station Manager, Palmer Station

Palmer Station

Palmer Station, on Anvers Island, is Antarctica's only US station north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other US Antarctic stations, is operated by the United States Antarctic Program....

, 1974.